NEWS
Bowie City Council to consider utility rate structure
The Bowie City Council will consider proposed rates for all its utilities when it meets at 6 p.m. on Sept. 10.
At the Aug. 27 meeting, the council accepted a decrease in the electric costs provided through negotiations with Bryan Texas Utilities, the city’s bulk power provider. It is expected to bring a residential rate reduction of at least 25 percent to citizens. The reduction will drop the cost per kilowatt hour down from 15.17 cents to 11 cents.
A final rate structure for electricity will be presented Monday night. Rate proposals for water and sewer also are up for review.
City Manager Bert Cunningham has proposed a 15 percent increase in sewer revenue and a three percent in water. The manager said it is an effort to get sewer to where it does not continue to lose money.
A second hearing on the proposed tax rate of .5250 cents per $100 in property value is scheduled with the final adoption of the tax rate on Sept. 24.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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